María Corina Machado, a representative of the organization Sumate, speaks with local reporters before walking into a Prosecutor's office in Caracas, Venezuela on Thursday June 10,2004 to formally hear that she is being charged with treason. Sumate, one of a handful of organizations to receive funding from the National Endowment for Democracy(NED), was instrumental in the organization and follow through a various petition drives seeking a presidential referendum. President Chavez claims that the NEDs funding of these organizations is a clear sign that the US government is helping to overthrow his government. Though there are some organizations that have received money that members of Chavez's own MVR political party claim are doing productive work that benefit the country.